Bed-davenport



T F KELLY BED DAVENPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15. I920.

Patented June 14, 1921.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS F. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Davenpo'rts, of which thefollowing is a specification. g

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improveddavenport-bed to the end that the upholstered back of the davenport maybe readily displaced in order that the folded bed-portion of the samemay be come accessible. These improvements are particularly applicableto davenport-beds in which the mattress and the supporting frame for thesame are foldable into the back portion of the davenport and arenormallyconcealed from view by the upholstered back thereof. In thepatents t William J. Kelly 1,223,798 dated April 24, 1917 and 1,270,839dated July 2, 1918 struc tures of this general type are shown, but itwill be noted that in these patents the upholstered back of thedavenport or sofa is pivotally connected to a truss bar of the mattresssupporting frame so that when the bed is in extended position the saidback portion depends from the truss bar in such manner as to helpsupport the bed.

According to my invention, however, the back portion of the davenportdoes not move with the sectional mattress support but movesindependently thereof in order that the mattress may be readilyaccessible when in folded position and as readily rethe position assumedby the back when the bed is folded.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the davenport showing the back portion inraised position.

and the bed in'folded position.

The supporting frame of the davenportbed is designated enerally by thenumeral 10 and includes en frame members 11 connected by the upholsteredseat section 12. The folding bed portion of the davenport Specificationof Letters Patent.-

Patented June 14;, 1921.

maybe designated as 'a whole by the numeral '13 and is conventionallyshown as consisting of a 'foldable mattress and a frame 15 consisting ofa'plurality of sections pivotally secured together, said sectionshavingsupporting legs 16, 17 pivotally secured'thereto. As described in thepat ents above referred to',;the bed part of the davenport is foldableintoaspace 18 in the rear of the said cushion 12. A truss bar 19 isconnected to an opposite pair of sections ofthemattress supporting framein order to add rigidity tothe same and as explained in Patent1,223,798, above mentioned, this truss bar may have interposed betweenit and the wovenwire fabric of the mattress spring a series of spiralsprings for'the pur pose of providing an additional support for themattress.

tends upwardly as shown in Fig. 3 and is secured in position by means ofa spring pressed clip 20 consisting of a body portion 21 secured to theback 22 of the frame 10 and a spring-pressed locking element 23 pivotedto the body 21.

The frame 10 is provided with the usual arm rests 24 from whichstandards 25 extend upwardly, said standards being connected at theirupper ends by means of the cross piece 26 and angle braces 14 secured tothe standards and the cross piece. The

back portion of the davenport consists of a substantially rectangularrame 27, slightly curved at its upper end as indicated at 28, whichframe is covered with the usual upholstering 29. According to myinvention the upholstered back ishinged near each end to the cross piece26 by means of angle plates 30 having one side fastened to said crosspiece and to the outstanding side of the angle plate an arm 31 ispivotally connected by means of a pin 32. A metallic plate 33 is securedto the end members 27 of the rectangular frame 27 by means of screws 34and the free end of the arm 31 is pivotally connected to said plate atan intermediate point by means of a pin 35. A link 36 having a slot 37therein is pivotally connected to one end of the, plate 33 by means of apin 38 and is slidably connected to the arm 31 by means of a pin 39engaging in the slot 37 With this hinged construcf'fWjhen the mattressand "its supporting frame are'in foldedposition in the rear portion ofthe davenportthe truss bar 19extion, in orderto gain accessto the foldedbed it is only necessary to raise the back of the davenprt in 'whichcase the back will pivot about the pins 32 and the link 36 will moverelatively to the pin 39 until said pin is located at one end of theslot 37 "in'which position the curved end of the upholstered" back restsagainst theback of thefrarne and its weight is so disposed that the sametends to remain in this position with stahility so that there is nodanger of the back accidentally closing;- With the back in the raisedposition it isevident that to extend the bed, it is only necessary tomanually release the catch and pull on the truss rod 19 which will placethe bed over the cushion 12 of the davenportfbut out of contacttherering frame, a movableback portion, arigid with, said cushion alwaysremaining. in fixed position. .The back 29 may be lowered when the bedis in folded position or when the same is extended,in which case thearms 31 will pivotcabout the pins 32 and the back may pivot about thepin 35 so that the link 36 will move relatively to the pin '39 until theupholstered back reaches its correct position relatively tothe cushion.i Having described .'my invention what" I claim as new anddesire'to'secure' by. Letters Patent, is .l I 7 7 1. In a davenpo'tr'bed, a frame having endinembersand a-fi'xed cushion, a movable lback; portion, standards rising 'above said.

end members, a cross-piece connecting said standards, an angle platesecured to said crossspiece, a metallic: plate fastenmlto said backportion, an arm pivotally connected at each end to said plates, aslotted link piv0tally connected to said metallic plate and a pinsecured to said arm engaging in the slot of'said link. n

2, In a davenport-bed having a frame adapted to receive the folded bed,and a movable back portion, a hinged connection between said backportionand frame consisting of an arm pivotally connected'to said .frameand back portion and a link pivotally connected to said backportionhaving .a pin and slotconnection'withsaid arm. 7

3. In a davenport-bed'having a supportarm pivotally connected 'to theback portion and frame whereby the back portion may move, to aninvertedposition" with the normally upper part of the same in the rearof the frame, and means for limiting the pivotal movement of said-backportion 1 relatively to said arm.

my h'and'in presence of two subscribing wit- In testimony whereof Ihave-hereunto set'

